Indoor air pollution: A poverty-related cause of mortality among the children of the world

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1615-1623

  Emmelin, Anders ^a   Wall, Stig ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Child mortality; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Indoor air pollution

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 36348962897     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1398     Document Type: Article

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